Check out the winners (and nominees) of the 2023 Best of Notes!
There are a lot of great companies in the note business: Funders, Servicing Companies, Software Providers, Due Diligence Resources, Educational Events, you name it.
Many of these companies should be on your radar to help supersize your note plans in 2024.All of the nominees are great companies, but there can only be one on top at the end of the day.
Check out all of this year’s winners and nominees here!
Best National Note Buyer (for Note Brokering)
Winner: FNAC (First National Acceptance Co.)
Nominees:
- AmeriFunds
- Colonial Funding Group
- FNAC (First National Acceptance Co.)
- Grand Bank
- Notable Mortgage Buyers
- Reliant Financial
Best Note Listing Exchange Platform
Winner: PaperStac.com
Nominees:
- NotesDirect.com (No Longer Accepting Listings – Spring 2024)
- NotesTrader.com
- NoteTraderExchange.com
- NoteTradeX.com
- PaperStac.com
- PreREO.com (Closed Spring 2024)
- SNSC.com/SNTrading
- WatermarkExchange.com
Best Self Directed IRA Company
Winner: Quest Trust Company
Nominees:
- CamaPlan
- Directed IRA Trust Company
- Entrust Administration
- Equity Trust Company
- Forge Trust (formerly IRA Services Trust)
- Kingdom Trust
- Mainstar Trust
- MidAtlantic IRA
- New Direction Trust Company
- NuView Trust
- Quest Trust Company
- uDirect IRA Services LLC
Best Note Servicing Company
Winner: FCI Lender Services
Nominees:
- AHP Servicing LLC (Closed Spring 2024)
- Allied Servicing
- August REI
- BIFI (By Investors for Investors) Loan Servicing (Sold and Closed Summer 2024)
- Covey Financial
- Evergreen Note Servicing
- FCI Lender Services
- Home Key Servicing
- Lake City Servicing
- Land Home Financial Services
- Madison Servicing
- Main Street Capital Servicing
- Moat Note Servicing
- Note Servicing Center, Inc.
- Real Estate Property Services – REPS (Formerly NAA)
- SN Servicing
Best Note Servicing & Tracking Software
Winner: The Mortgage Office
Nominees:
- Moneylender Professional
- The Mortgage Office
- NoteDashboard
- NoteSmith
Best Seller Finance MLO (Mortgage Loan Originator)
Winner: Call The Underwriter
Nominees:
- Call The Underwriter
- Good Steward Lending Services
- Investor Mortgage Compliance Services
- Madison Management Services
- Safe Mortgage Services, Inc.
- Texas Pride Lending
- Vintage Home Loan
Best Business Note Buyer
Winner: Security Financial Services
Nominees:
- Reliant Financial
- Security Financial Services
Best Distressed Debt Buyer
Winner: Colonial Funding Group
Nominees:
- Aspen Funds
- Colonial Funding Group
- Faller Financial
- Keyhole Financial
- Kirkland Group
- Labrador Lending
- NNG Capital Fund
- PPR Note Co.
- Revolve Capital Group
Best Financial Calculator
Winner: HB10bii
Nominees:
- Excel
- HP10bii
- HP12C Financial Calculator
- Texas Instrument
- TValue Software
Best BPO Valuation Service
Winner: Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG)
Nominees:
- Accurate Group LLC
- Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG)
- BPOPro by Valuation Vision
- Computershare
- NVMS National Vendor Management Services
- Pro Tech Valuation Services
- Richer Values
- Service Link
- Summit Valuation Solutions
Best Title Report Company
Winner: ProTitle USA
Nominees:
- a360inc Title Solutions
- Accurate Group LLC
- Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG)
- First American Title
- ProTitle USA
- Title Clearing & Escrow, LLC
Best Property Insurance Company
Winner: J.B. Lloyd & Associates
Nominees:
- Financial Partners Agency (FPA)
- J. B. Lloyd & Associates
- National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG)
- Ross Diversified Insurance Services (RDIS)
Best Legal Services
Winner: Jeff Watson
Nominees:
- Caballero Lender Services
- Carlisle Law
- Erin Quinn
- Geraci Law Firm
- Jeff Watson
- Kelly Kronenberg Attorneys at Law
- KKOS Lawyers (Kyler, Kohler, Ostermiller & Sorensen)
- Matt Kelley
- Note Counsel (Paul & Adam Vincent)
- Scheer Law Group
- Singer Law Group
- T. Alan Ceshker, Ceshker Group
- Tarokh Law, PLLC (FL & SC)
- Tony Sottile
- Wood & Lamping LLP
Best Accountants & Tax Advisors
Winner: John Hyre, Tax Attorney
Nominees:
- Anderson Tax Advisors
- John Hyre, Tax Attorney
- Measured Results CPAs
- Spiegel Accountancy
- The Real Estate CPA
Best Marketing Method For Finding Notes
Winner: Networking & Referrals
Nominees:
- Craigslist
- Direct Mail
- Google Ads
- Networking & Referrals
- Social Media
- Website
Best Note Industry Newsletter
Winner: Paper Source
Nominees:
- Noteworthy USA
- Paper Source
- Seller Financing Sunday
Best Note Analyzer & Tracking Tool
Winner: Note Unlimited
Nominees:
- Note Unlimited
- NoteRules
- JKP Portal Due Diligence Tool
- IPA by Revival Brothers
- NPL Manager
Best List Provider For Direct Mail
Winner: Advanced Seller Data Services
Nominees:
- Advanced Seller Data Services
- Black Knight Financial Services Data
- Experian Note Holder List
- Meridian Data Group (NoteDocs)
- Propstream
Best CRM For Note Investors
Winner: Salesforce
Nominees:
- Bitrix24
- Click Funnels
- Constant Contact
- Hubspot
- InfusionSoft
- Kartra
- MailChimp
- PipeDrive
- Salesforce
Best Social Media Platform for Note Professionals
Winner: Facebook
Nominees:
- TikTok
- X (formerly known as Twitter)
- YouTube
Best Public Networking Group for Note Investors
Winner: Bigger Pockets Forum
Nominees:
- Bigger Pockets Forum
- Buying & Selling Mortgage Notes Facebook Group by PaperStac
- Connected Investors
- Creating Wealth Simplified through Note Investing (formerly Notes and Bolts Good Deed Investing) Facebook Group
- JKP Holdings – East Coast Distressed Note Investing Facebook Group
- Financial Friends Network (Walter Wofford)
- Note Buyers and Sellers Facebook Group
- Real Estate Note Investing Facebook Group
Best Podcast and Shows for Note Investors
Winner: NoteSchool TV with Eddie Speed
Nominees:
- Be the Bank Podcast with Justin Bogard
- Creating Wealth Simplified with Chris Seveney and Lauren Wells (formerly Good Deeds Note Investing)
- JKP Holding Note Investing with Dave Putz
- NoteSchool TV with Eddie Speed
- Owner Financing & Note Investing Podcast with Dawn Rickabaugh
- Paperstac Podcast with Rick Allen and Brett Burky
- Passive Income, Active Wealth with Wendy Sweet, Jonathan Davis and Bill Fairman (formerly Carolina Hard Money)
- The Note Investor with Dan Deppen
Best Skip Tracing Company (For Locating Phone Numbers and Emails)
Winner: Lexis Nexis
Nominees:
- Been Verified
- IDI Core
- LeadMining
- LeadSherpa
- Lexis Nexis
- People Finder Pro
- TLOxp by TransUnion
- White Pages
Best Note Industry Convention
Winner: NoteExpo
Nominees:
- Cash Flow Expo
- Diversified Mortgage Expo
- IMN Defaulted Notes
- NoteExpo
- NoteWorthy Summit
- Paper Source Note Symposium
- Quest Con Expo
Thanks for Voting, See You Next Year!
Get the complete contact info for all of these companies (and more) in the Note Buyers Directory here!
